Sponsor Message Before Green Book, Bowers says he had never ... There was no sheet music. But Bowers was no slouch at the piano — he trained at the Juilliard School — so he could transcribe ...

That means Kris Bowers, composer for “Green Book,” a biopic ... how to play the piano. I spent three months with him. Usually the composer is just worrying about the music.

(The “Green Book” of the title refers to “The ... he would exclaim during the song’s florid introduction. When the song’s gospel piano rhythm started, he would do a little uncle dance.

If the film Green Book leaves ... way that I play the piano, but I have really bad posture habits,” he chuckled. “So there were times when I would run through a song for him and he’d come ...

They had been consulted by Green Book producers during the making of the movie for little things: What pieces of music would Shirley play? How did he sit at the piano? Where did the other ...

Green Book was the big winner at the 2019 Academy Awards, taking best picture, best original screenplay and best supporting actor for Mahershala Ali. In his acceptance speech, Ali thanked ...

In the segregation-era film Green Book, Academy Award winner Mahershala ... his fingers fly across his piano keys in a way that look so masterful you can't help but wonder, "Is that really him ...

But the real musicianship comes from Kris Bowers, the extraordinary 29-year-old American composer who wrote the film score for Green Book and ... writing the music for the Netflix series Dear White ...